Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 433-440 , April 2010

Effect of Breast Compression on Lesion Characteristic Visibility with Diffraction-Enhanced Imaging

  • Laura S. Faulconer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Chris A. Parham, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
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  • Dean M. Connor, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Synchrotron Light Source, Upton, NY
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  • Cherie Kuzmiak, DO

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Marcia Koomen, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Yeonhee Lee, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Kyu Ran Cho, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Korea University, Seoul, Korea
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  • Josh Rafoth, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Chad A. Livasy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology and Lab Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Eunhee Kim, BS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Donglin Zeng, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Elodia Cole, MS

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
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  • Zhong Zhong, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Synchrotron Light Source, Upton, NY
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  • Etta D. Pisano, MD

      Affiliations

    • Biomedical Research Imaging Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB#7000, 4030 Bondurant Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: E.D.P.

Received 7 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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PII: S1076-6332(09)00592-3

doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2009.10.020

Academic Radiology
Volume 17, Issue 4 , Pages 433-440 , April 2010

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